Amend CSHB 1754 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 79.035(b)(2)(C), Government Code (page 5, line 7), strike "and".
(2) In added Section 79.035(b)(2)(D), Government Code (page 5, line 9), between "state" and the underlined period, insert the following:
; and
(E) the findings of a report submitted to the commission under Section 79.039
(3) In added Subchapter C, Chapter 79, Government Code (page 6, between lines 35 and 36), insert the following:
Sec. 79.039. EXONERATION REPORT. (a) Each legal clinic or program in this state that is operated by a law school and that receives financial support from the commission shall submit to the commission an annual report regarding criminal cases:
(1) in which the clinic or program has provided legal services to an indigent defendant during the preceding calendar year; and
(2) in which:
(A) based on a finding of actual innocence, the court of criminal appeals overturns a conviction; or
(B) the governor issues a pardon based on actual innocence.
(b) The report required under Subsection (a) must:
(1) identify each likely cause of a wrongful conviction listed in the report; and
(2) recommend to the judiciary and the legislature best practices, policies, and statutory changes to address or mitigate those likely causes with respect to future criminal cases.
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Not later than December 1, 2012, each legal clinic or program in this state that is operated by a law school and that receives financial support from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission shall submit the initial report required by Section 79.039, Government Code, as added by this Act.